22 THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OF EUROPE 



specimens of guanaco and vicuna, the llama and alpaca. 

 The reindeer enclosure follows. Behind this, again, 

 are the moufflon and chamois rocks ; a grotto cut out 

 of the rock shelters the goats from Chili. Below the 

 rock are lodged the graceful Indian antelopes. Between 

 the rock and the aquarium is a construction with a 

 deep basin, in which live the otters and seals. The 

 otters, which were presented in 1891, are very tame. 

 At the word of command they hop up to the top of a 

 rock and take headers into the water. Opposite the 

 otters' tank is the cow house, holding forty cows, the 

 little dairy at the side being much frequented during 

 summer, when as many as a thousand glasses of milk 

 are sold in a day. Close by the dairy is a picturesque 

 enclosure of lawn and rockwork, inhabited by a herd 

 of over twenty black buck of all ages. It was an 

 amusing sight to watch them frisking and scampering 

 about after the manner of the springbock of Africa. 



The aquarium, situated on the right beyond the 

 dairy, contains ten large tanks of sea-water and four 

 tanks of fresh-water. These basins are made of slate, 

 with one side of glass. They receive light only from 

 above, and in them are to be seen the octopus, shrimps, 

 anemones, soles and plaice. Many of the fish grow tame 

 to a remarkable degree, and know their keeper well. 



At the end of the aquarium is the fish-culture 

 pavilion, in which one sees in transparent tanks a 

 very complete collection of fresh-water fish and the 

 most perfect apparatus in connection with fish culture. 

 Every year the establishment incubates a considerable 

 number of salmon spawn. Visitors can follow the 

 operations of artificial fertilization of several species 



